| “ | You fight for a cause you barely understand. With people you trust so little you've told them nothing about what you’re doing. When I die the world dies with me. And your knowledge dies with you. Buried in the tomb like an anonymous Egyptian builder sealed in the pyramid to keep his secret. | „ |
| ~ Andrei threatening the Protagonist. |
Andrei Sator (Russian: Андрей Сатор) is the main antagonist of the 2020 science fiction action film Tenet.
He was a Russian oligarch used by future generations to help reassemble the Algorithm, a weapon created in the future to reverse the entropy of the entire world, in the hopes of reversing the effects of climate change.
He was portrayed by Kenneth Branagh, who also portrayed Iago in the 1995 film adaptation of Othello, Dr. Arliss Loveless in Wild Wild West, and King Richard III in the 2002 production play of The Tower of London at The Crucible Theatre.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- After he found out he was dying from cancer, he attempted to destroy the past and present and everyone in it.
- In order to cover up his attempt to acquire the final piece of The Algorithm, he paid corrupt cops and fake terrorists to kill a large crowd of innocent audience members at an opera house.
- He blackmailed his own wife into staying married to him and keeping her away from their son because she accidentally sold him a forged painting.
- Psychologically and physically abused his own wife several times in the film.
- He brutally attacked, tortured, and attempted to kill The Protagonist personally and through his men multiple times throughout the movie.
- Shot his own wife with an inverted round to psychologically break the Protagonist and further his own goals.
- Using a bar of gold, he beat one of his own men to death.
Trivia[]
- Andrei is the third Pure Evil to come from a Christopher Nolan movie, the first two being the Nolanverse characters Joker and Scarecrow.
- He is also the only Pure Evil from a Christopher Nolan movie to have superpowers (such as chronokinesis) as the other 2, Joker and Scarecrow, are regular humans.
External links[]
- Andrei Sator on the Villains Wiki
